St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-22
THE SCHOLTEN's WRECK.
Yesterdays Developments Re
garding the Awful Disaster.

Yesterdays Developments Re-
garding the Awful Disaster.
By Cable to the Globe
LONDON, Nov. 21.-NO more of the
assengeIS of the Scholten have been
landed alive, and it is now considered
certain that those already reported are
the only persons saved. Several bodies
have been washed ashore at Folkestone.
and two at Dungeness. The life boat
crews are patrOlling the beach, keeping
lookout for bodies which may drift in.
There are still great discrepancies in
the different accounts of the disaster,
but among seamen the opinion is gen
eral that the fault was with the officers
of the Rose Mary. The fact that the
Rose Mary's bows were crushed in
seems to indicate that she could not
have been at anchor at the time of the
collision as is claimed by her captain
and mate. 1t is
ASCERTAINED TODAY
that the officers OF the steamer Wave,
bound for Calais, saw the blue lights
thrown up as signals of distress by the
Scholten, but decided they had no time
to go to her aid. This action causes
much Indignation here. 1t is even as
serted that the Wave was compelled to
go out of her course to avoid the Schol-
ten while she was firing the signals.
The bravery and coOlnesS of Capt. Taat,
those who were rescued, but it is said
that the crew were not well disciplined
and that the officers were unable to con-
trol them. The passengers were COM
PEELED to lower the boats themselves
and their inexperience probably ac-
counts for the fact that all of the boats
were not made use of. The boats
are said to have been in
bad condition and showed
lack of previous care, and their fasten-
ings were not in such shape that the
boats could be readily lowered. The
inquest on the bodies at Dover began to-
day. The testimony of the mate and
purser of the SchoIten was taken, the
former giving the number eff the crew
as fifty-f0ur. The exact number of pas
sengers on board, the purser said, could
only be aScertained from the official list,
dam tonight. The inquest will be re-
sumed tomorrow. Among the bodies
at Dover which were recognized to-day
were those of the chief officer, steward
eSS, second steward and fourth engi-
neer: and passengers Haeur, Fraeng
and Blaug.
STORY OF THE WRECK.
DOVER, Nov. 21.-Eighty persons in
all have been saved from the wrecked
SchOltOn. One of the survivors is
named Rolne. There is another sur
vivor in the hospital whose name is not
known. Chief Engineer EdiXhOven was
landed at Seaford yesterday morning.
No more bodies have been recovered
here. 1t is the universal feeling that
the fault Of the collision rests with the
steamer Rosa Mary. Chief Mate Wells,
of that vessel, states that she left Hartle-
pool on Friday in command of Capt.
Webster and with crew of sixteen
men. On the night of the collision
there was a shifting fog. Sometimes it
was dense, while at intervals it was
clear. At about $50 o'clock, he says,
the collision occurred. We had been
at anchor since o'clock. Myself and
the captain were on the bridge.
The sea was of the calmeSt.
Our lights were burning brightly and
the fog bell was sounding constantly.
l first saw the colliding steamer off our
starbOard bow. She was showing white
and green lights, indicating that she
was shaping her course to the StarbOard
side. We could not shift our position,
being anchored and the tide being at
ebb. The steamer soon ported her helm
and attempted to cross our bow. The
tide, however, not being rightly judged,
settled the vessel on our bows, cutting
her to the waters edge. | cannot say
whether it was the w. A. Scholten that
cOllided with us. Whatever vessel it
was she proceeded Oh her course and
soon disappeared in the darkness. We
remained at anchor during the night
and were pilOted to Dover at O'Clock
in the morning. There we decked.
Capt Webster states that the weather
during the voyage was hazy, and adds:
Saturday morning there was heavy
fog, and the Rosa Mary anchored for
three hours off HalfordnesS. She pro-
ceeded at IL o'clock and passed the East
Goodwin lighthouse at z in the evening.
The fog became so thick that she was
compelled to anchor again at s O'Clock,
the vessel being from seven to eight
miles west southwest of the East Good
WIN light. The forecastle lookout was
the first to intimate the approach of
vessel. | saw a bright white light a
point and half off the starboard bow.
Soon green light appeared, indicating
that she was passing our starboard bow.
Accompanied by the mate l went to the
upper bridge and saw the same lights.
Suddenly the green light disappeared
and red light was shown. Immedi-
ateIy there was terrific collision. The
steamer that struck us proceeded and
10 attempt was made to ascertain what
injury had been done. The fog had
lifted, revealing the lights plainly. We
signaled for assistance, but none came
until the morning. During the night a
number of drifting nets caught on the
anchor and broken bows.
THE LIST.
Among the second class passengers
rescued was Baron Decles. The sur
viving third class passengers include
Kathrina Frochlig. Simon Binder. An
ton Foesstroon. Fred Miles. Wilhelm
Bergstein, Kasimir Josef Meier, Hubert
Better, Josef Subotnik, Hendrix Pas
toor, Theodor Wilma, Joseph Worm
dron, Lorenz Dreisch and Carl Feike.
The first class passengers missing are
Otto Bauer and Henry Blanc Frings.
Second class missing: Cyril BrOvnOw-
sky, Jacob Juttsmann, A. Kany, Giu-
seppe Debertolemi, Aug Ranch. Anna
Bevyver and Henrs Kenyon. Third
.ciass missing: Two members of the
Marcus Merky family, four of the Jettie
Solander family. two of the Pierres
Joseph VandOrdier family, three of
the Solle Raul family, two of
the Gazes Salem family, two of the
Antonio Giraud family, two of the
piafro EnrioO family f0ur af the Schatt-